Cigarette-box wrapper.



G. E. LAMBERSON. CIGARETTE BOX WRAPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. 1916,

Patented May 22,1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July-1d, 1916. Serial No. 109,271. I

To all whom it may concern: j Be it known that I, GEORGE E. LAMBER- soN, a citizen of th'e'United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigarette-Box Wrapper, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which thepresent invention has in view are: to provide a, box wrapper of the character mentioned separated from thewrapper; to provide a wrapper separable from. the box. andadapted to be aflixed thereto, said wrapper car-' and to simplify the construction.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a cigarette box having a wrappertherefor constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a wrapper separated from the box, part of the structure thereof being cut away to show the disposition of matches therein.

I Description.

As seen in the drawings, the wrapper is folded to provide a hinge section 8 and two end lapping sections 9. The hinge section 8 unites a full side, section 10 and an abbreviated 'side section 11. v

*As seen'best in Fig. 20f the drawings, the matches 13 are carded and-are pocketed 'between the under side of the section 11 and a retaining sheet 14. The'pockets in which "the matches are contained are formed by spacing strips 15 and 16, and by the -sepa-' rating strip 17. The matches are retaine in the pockets bandsof suita rovided therefor by narrow le adhesive 18. The bands 18 are applied by preference to both the section 11 and sheet l l. 'The strips 15, 16,

and 17 are likewise suitably coated with an adhesive which holds the sheet 14 permanently in position on the said strips and in cooperative relation to the section 11. Also the adhesive bands 18 adhere to the matches with a supply of matches and means for igniting the same when the matches are Patented May 22, 1917.

rettes or the like, and the lapping sections 7 9 are oined by suitable adhesive applied to the surfaces thereof.

When a box thus provided is opened, the sections 9 are split on a line corresponding with the opening edge at the top of the, box.

The box is'then permitted to swing down on its hinge or upon a hinge provided by the 7 section 8. After a cigarette has been removed from the box,the box' is closed and the person grasps one of the matches 13 and withdraws the same from the pocket in which it is held. The operation of withdrawing a match is rapid so that the ignition end thereof is drawn quickly past and betw'een'the strips 19which operate to ignite the match so that the sameflares after havingbeen withdrawn from contact with the section 11 and sheet 14. Usually thenumber of matches 13 provided in the box cover corresponds with the number of cigarettes contained in the box for which the cover is intended.

1. A wrapper as characterized comprising, a plurality of side sections integrally connected by a hinge section; a cover sheet corresponding in dimensions with one of said side. sections; a plurality of spacing members rigidly disposed between said cover .sheet and the adjacent side section to form pockets in said wrapper; a plurality of carded matches disposed in said pockets with the heads of said matches turned inward;

matches in said pockets.

, .2. A wrapper as characterized comprising a plurality of side-sections integrally connected-by a hinge'section; a, cover sheet corresponding in side sections;

1 and means for temporarily holding saida plurality of spacing members rigidly disposed between said cover section to form sheet and the adjacent side pockets in said wrapper; a plurality of dimensions with one ofsaid carded matches disposed in said. pockets.

with the heads of said matches turned inward; means for temporarily holdin said matches in said pockets and means go niting said matches when withdrawn from said pockets, said means embodying an abrasive material disposed adjacent the exposed end of'said pockets.

3. A wrapper as characterized comprising a plurality of side sections integrally connected by a hinge section; a cover sheet corresponding in dimensions with one of said side'sections; a plurality of spacing members' rigidly. disposed between said cover sheet and the adjacent side section to form pockets in said wrapper; a plurality of carded matches disposed in said pockets with the heads of said matches turned inward;

means for temporarily holding said matches in said pockets; and a plurality of oppositely-disposed abrasive strips secured one to said co ersheet and one toitne'fadjacent side sGCtlOIl ofthe wrapper, said strips being spaced apart a distance less than the heads nected by a hinge section; a cover sheet corresponding in dimensions with oneof saii side sections; a pluralitypf spacing members rigidly disposedbetween "said "cover sheet and the adjacent side section to form pock- ,ets in said wrapper; a plurality of carded matches disposed in said'pockets with the heads of said matches turned inward; and a plurality of strips-ofadhesive for engaging said matches for holding the same within said pockets. d

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